Books on Cities

The publisher of Owen Hatherley's Trans-Europe Express: Tours of a Lost Continent sent me a copy addressed to "Colin Marshall, Cities Writer." Though I've never worked under that title, I can hardly reject it; then again, it would seem to apply rather better to Hatherley himself…

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When urban theorists speak of "reading" the city, they usually leave the mechanics of the act to the reader's imagination. In 1977, Christopher Alexand…

Oct 4

I wonder: have I ever described the city as "humankind's greatest invention"? It's not impossible, given the proclamation's tempting combination of bol…

Sep 20

An introduction to Books on Cities, my new Substack newsletter

Sep 3

Welcome to Books on Cities by me, Colin Marshall. Seoul-based essayist and broadcaster on cities, language, and culture, currently at work on a book ab…

Sep 1

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